George Linnaeus Banks Quotes
For the cause that lacks assistance, the wrong that needs resistance, for the future in the distance, and the good that I can do.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.
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You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.
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I was born in Jersey City and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. It's a town that's next to Jersey City, and I'm still there!
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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Nashville, I think, for me, personally, would be where I want to live and work. L.A. is a whole other world and has a whole other vibe to it, so I would like to come out here for work for a couple of months, but L.A. is just not really my scene, per se.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things.
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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Eighty-five per cent of the crowd is going to fall in love with me - they're going to feel it, wow. But fifteen per cent are going to think, 'This guy is obnoxious.' I spend enormous time with them - every negative review of 'Crush It!' on Amazon has a response from me - and I can probably bring back ten of the fifteen.
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By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality.
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I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm supposed to do and just trying to help this team win.
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It seems that for all of the artists signed to a major, there exists the same amount of artists that are struggling to break through to the surface within the label. I think, ideally, we'd end up with a very well connected competent indie team that will be along with us for the ride, however long that ride may be.
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As a prosecutor, I got a paycheck for coming to work every day. I didn't get a promotion when I won, and I didn't get a demotion when I did a bad job.
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Remember, the man who is poor is not the man that has no money, but one without a dream. They are suffering that have no dream. They are poor that have no dream.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10 27 atoms.
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I had dreams of conehead aliens when I was little. Before 'Saturday Night Live' did it. And then they came out with them, and I went on to be a glorified extra in the movie. When everyone else was laughing, I was scared.
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There's a rule, I think. You get what you want in life, but not your second choice too.
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I really feel like I've nailed songwriting. It's my specialty; it's what I'm good at.
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It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of a good backbone, is sure to serve no useful end.
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For the cause that lacks assistance, the wrong that needs resistance, for the future in the distance, and the good that I can do.
